Attachment for cigarette packages



Patented Dec. 26, T922.

UNTTEE STATES HENRY FRANCIS BERTHERIVIAN, OF BOSTON, MIASSACHUSETTS.

ATTACHMENT FOR CIGARETTE PACKAGES.

Application filed October 21, 1921. Serial No. 509,292.

To a/,ZZ whom t may concerne' Be it known that I, HENRY FRANCIS BER- THERMAN, a citizen of the United States, residing, at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Cigarette Packages, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is a cap or cover` for cigarette package, designed to be applied to and locked in engagement therewith, and to become, while so engaged, a part of the package, giving shape and stiffness to the end of the package to which it is applied and preventing the collapse of the package when part of the contents is removed.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing one end of a cigarette package;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the preferred form of one element of my attachment;

Figure 3 is a pla-n of the blank from which the box attachment shown in Figure 2 is formed;

Figure 4 is a plan of the blank from which the preferred form of the bolt element is formed.

Figure 5 is an edge Aview of the bolt element as formed and set, ready for use; and

Figure 6 is a side view, partly in section, of a cigarette pack with my -attachment applied.

It is the object of my invention to supply a box or cap to be applied to the ordinary paper or tin foil package in which cigarettes are commonly enclosed, the box being formed of flexible sheet metal and being secured to the package by a bolt which penetrates and engages the package and is engaged also with the cap member, the result being that the box or cap is firmly secured to the package, of which it becomes temporarily a part, imparting a fixed shape to the package which persists after some or all of the contents have been abstracted, preventing the collapse'of the paper package in use and giving better protection from destruc'tive forces to the contents.

In the drawings I have shown the preferred form of my attachment, consisting of two elements, a box or cap, made up of a cover A, having four side wings a, a, b, o. Formed in this cover are two apertures Z and al. rllhe aperture, IZ, is designed to permit access to the contents of the `ack after the tin foil or paper exposed at, oZ, is removed. a bolt or connector device, Z, shown in blank in Figure 4, which blank is bent upon itself and set, as shown in Figure 5. The under portion Za of the blank being tapered in form from its free end to its junction with the main body, Z.

The ordinary cigarette package is folded in at its ends as shown in Figure l, the four sides of the package being folded over, the narrow sides first and the wide sides after, lapping over the narrow sides and one of the wide sides lapping over the edge of the other wide side (see Figure l).

In use, the box member is applied to one end of the cigarette pack, the wlngs a, a', Z1, b', being, if desired, bent slightly outward, during the application and, when the box has been forced down until the underside of the end section A, contacts with the end of the pack, the bolt Z is then applied to secure the box and pack together. This is accomplished by spreading apart the ends Z, Z, of the bolt slightly and inserting the end Za into the aperture al and passing it below the over-lapping ends p, p, of the pack P and over the end p2 and forcing the bolt inward to a stop, the member Z passing along the outer surface of the end piece A. The thickness of the material of the overlapped ends p, p', of the pack is suflicient to hold the parts Z and Za separated under some tension, causing the members, Z, Z, to frictionally engage the opposed surfaces, holding the bolt Z in position until designedly removed.

When the parts are thus engaged the tin foil or paper beneath aperture, cZ, is removed and the contained cigarettes may then be removed as required. So long as the attach-v ment remains connected with the package the package will retain substantially its shape, without collapsing and will afford all necessary protection to the contents, to the last cigarette, preventing them from being bent and crushed.

I have shown my cap 4or box member as of four sides; this is the preferred form, as it gives support and fixity to the cigarette pack on every side, but itis -not essential, as one or both of the end wings, b, b, may be omitted if desired, and the capwill nevertheless perform its function. llt is obvious that when the wings b, b, are omitted, the apertures CZ, d', are not essential as the ciga- Aperture cZ, is designed to receiverettes mayberemoved through the side of the pack and the bolt or pin Z, l, applied at either end of the part A.

I claim:

1. lna device of the character described, a cap member, adapted to enclose one end of a cigarette pack, or the like and having an aperture therein, and a forked bolt member one leg passing through the aperture and cooperating with the cap member to connect the cap member to the pack.

2. In a device of the character described, a cap member, adapted to enclose one end of a cigarette pack, or the like, and having an aperture therethrough to receive a bolt member and a second aperture t0 permit access to the end of the pack; that bolt member, cooperating With the cap member' to connect the cap member to the pack.

Signed Aat Fall River, Massachusetts, this 20 17th day of October, 1921.

HENRY FRANCIS BERTHERMAN. 

